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CURRICULUM VITAE NICHOLAS B. DIRKS 670 San Luis Road Berkeley, CA 94707 [email protected] ACADEMIC TRAINING The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 1972–78 Ph.D. 1981, Department of History FIELDS: South Asian History (Modern, Ancient, Medieval); Anthropology M.A. 1974, Department of History Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. B.A., 1968–72 (Cum Laude) MAJOR PROGRAM: African and Asian Studies in the College of Social Studies EMPLOYMENT President and CEO, New York Academy of Sciences, June 1, 2020.- Vice Chairman and Chancellor, Whittle School and Studios, July 1, 2018 - June 1, 2020. Professor of History, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 2013 - Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley, 2013 – 2017. Executive Vice President and Dean of the Faculty of the Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, 2009 - 2012. Vice President of the Arts and Sciences and Dean of the Faculty, Columbia University, 2004 - 2009. Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology and History, Columbia University, February 2000 - 2013. Professor of Anthropology and History, Columbia University, July 1997 - 2000. Professor of History and Anthropology, The University of Michigan, May 1990 - June 1997. Directeur D’Etudes Associé, at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, January - April 1992. Associate Professor of History, The University of Michigan, September 1987 - May 1990. Associate Professor of History, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, January 1986 - August 1987. Academic Visitor, Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, January - December 1986. Assistant Professor of History, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, September 1980 - December 1985. Instructor in Asian History, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, September 1978 - August 1980. Part-time Instructor in Cultural Anthropology, George Williams College, Downers Grove, IL, Autumn 1973. OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Johnson and Johnson Professor and Leader-in-Residence, Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University, April 2018; December 2018; May 2020 Member Editorial Board of the International Journal of Chinese Education, 2019 - Senior Advisor, Whittle Schools and Studios, January – June 2018; June 2020 -- . Senior Advisor, Weill Family Foundation, July 2017 – June 2018 Nicholas B. Dirks, CURRICULUM VITAE 1 Revised 4/20/2020 Honorary Pro-Chancellor, SRM University, in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, July 2017 – July 2019 Chair, Global University Leaders Forum (GULF), World Economic Forum; 2016 – 2017 Member, The Vistria Group Education Advisory Board; 2015 -- Member, University Development Trust, Sacramento CA, Advisory Board; 2015 - Member Knowledge Networks Advisory Board, World Economic Forum; 2014 - 2017 Member, Global Agenda Council on Global Governance, World Economic Forum; 2014 – Member, University of the People, Presidential Advisory Board; 2014 - Member, Singapore Ministry of Education, Academic Research Council; 2014 – Member, International Alliance of Research Universities; 2013 -, Chair, 2017 Member, Tanner Lectures Board of Trustees; 2013 – 2017 Pac-12 CEO Group and Board of Managers; 2013 – 2017 Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, 2005 - Trustee, Board of Trustees, Columbia University Press, 2003–2012. Chair, Faculty Publications Board, Columbia University Press, 2003–2005. Series Editor, “Cultures of History,” Columbia University Press, 2002– Faculty Board, Columbia University Press, 2001–2003. Chair, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University, 1997–2003. Director, Advanced Study Center of the International Institute at the University of Michigan, 1995–1997. Director, Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Michigan, 1992–1995. Co-founder and Director, Interdepartmental Program in Anthropology and History at the University of Michigan, 1988-1997 PUBLICATIONS Books Autobiography of an Archive: A Scholar’s Passage to India. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain. Cambridge: Belknap Imprint, Harvard University Press, 2006. Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001; New Delhi: Permanent Black, 2002. In Near Ruins: Cultural Theory at the end of the Century. Ed. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1998. Colonialism and Culture. Ed. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1992 (with introduction entitled “Colonialism and Culture,” and article, “From Little King to Landlord: Colonial Discourse and Colonial Rule”). Culture/Power/History: A Reader in Contemporary Social Theory. Eds. Geoff Eley and Sherry Ortner. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. The Hollow Crown: Ethnohistory of an Indian Kingdom. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. 2nd ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993. Recent Essays and Articles “American Knowledge of the World, 1945-2020,” with Nils Gilman. Cambridge History of America and the World, v.4. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020 Nicholas B. Dirks, CURRICULUM VITAE 2 Revised 4/20/2020 “The Global University in the Asian Century,” in Luc E. Weber and Bert van der Zwaan, eds., “The University at the Crossroads to a Sustainable Future,” published by the Glion Colloquium, No. 12, Geneva, Switzerland, 2019. https://glion.org/the-university-at-the-crossroads-to-a-sustainable-future-2/ “How Colleges Make Themselves Easy Targets,” in The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 28, 2018. https://www.chronicle.com/article/How-Colleges-Make-Themselves/244921/?key=6jNWJ9ubXe_hWvyS2dR- cbyF6wZvlhzauH2GTMiLdtGDmQMmmErVFrRIguPdsJpDQzBON29mbDRMMG9FRk9YaU43V1YtNUNmWHlWOFQ3ZzdHM3 ktamFVeW1mMA#.W9fdUSdhzX0.email “Reimagining the University,” in The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 5, 2018 https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/nicholas-dirks-on-reimagining-the-university “Leadership and Governance – How to Manage “Change” in Universities,” in Luc E. Weber and Howard Newby, eds., “The Future of the University in a Polarizing World,” published by the Glion Colloquium, No. 10, Geneva, Switzerland, 2018. “The Real Issue in the Campus Speech Debate: The University is under Assault.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/08/09/the- real-issue-in-the-campus-speech-debate-the-university-is-under- assault/?utm_term=.bc7d7e6fdfa6 “Making a difference in four years” in The Daily Californian, May 2017. http://www.dailycal.org/2017/05/04/making -difference-4-years-uc-berkeley/ “Berkeley is under attack from both sides” in the New York Times, April 2017. http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/opinion/berkeley-is-under-attack-from-both-sides.html “Berkeley’s Dirks Reflects on Tumultuous Tenure” in The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 2017. http://www.chronicle.com/article/Berkeley-s-Dirks-Reflects-on/239891 “Top Universities must enroll more low-income students” in The San Francisco Chronicle, February 2017. http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Universities-must-enroll-more-low-income- students-10955279.php “The Evolution of globalized Higher Education” with Nils Gilman in University Priorities and Constraints. Eds. Luc E. Weber and James J. Duderstadt. Economica, Glion Colloquium Series No. 9: London, Paris, Geneva, 2016 “Flagships must create new models to preserve the public good” in The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 2016. http://chronicle.com/article/Flagships-Must-Create-New/237055 “Challenges create stronger campus and community” in The Daily California, May 2016. http://dailycal.org/2016/05/09/356626 “New emphasis on data science valuable to students in all fields” in The Daily Californian, February 2016. http://www.dailycal.org/2016/03/01/346188/ "Berkeley's new approach to global engagement: Early and current efforts to become more international" in the UC Berkeley Center for Studies in Higher Education's Research & Occasional Paper Series, December 2015. http://www.cshe.berkeley.edu/publications/berkeleys-new-approach-global-engagement-early- current-efforts-become-more “The Liberal Arts and the University: Lessons for China in the History of Undergraduate Education In the US and at the University of California” in Experiences in Liberal Arts and Sciences Education from America, Europe, and Asia: A Dialogue across Continents. Ed. William Kirby and Marijk van der Wende. Palgrave Macmillan, UK, 2015. "Campus staff professionals deserve infinite gratitude" in The Daily Californian, December 2015. http://www.dailycal.org/2015/12/04/338180/ "Exposure to arts central to undergraduate experience" in The Daily Californian, November 2015. http://www.dailycal.org/2015/11/20/exposure-to-arts-central-to-undergraduate-experience/ Nicholas B. Dirks, CURRICULUM VITAE 3 Revised 4/20/2020 “The Future of World Class Universities” in University World News, October 2, 2015. "Our student-athletes can excel on two fronts" in The Daily Californian, October 2015. http://www.dailycal.org/2015/10/20/our-student-athletes-can-excel-on-two-fronts/ "Du Bois's ideology still relevant today" in The Daily Californian, September 2015. http://www.dailycal.org/2015/09/22/du-bois-ideology-still-relevant-today/ "The Liberal Arts and The University: Tracing the Origins and Structure of Undergraduate Education In the US and at the University Of California" in the UC Berkeley Center for Studies in Higher Education's Research & Occasional Paper Series, June 2015. http://www.cshe.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/shared/publications/docs/ROPS.CSHE_.7.15.Dirks_.UGEd